approximately 2500 personnel. This represents three-qxiarters of one percent of 

 the staff • 



Performance Appraisals 



Appraisals of the job performance of employees continued with emphasis be- 

 ing placed on behaviour, knowledge and skills directly affecting the job with 

 less interest being taken in characteristics which, whether desirable or not, 

 have no direct effect on Job performance* 



The personal interview of the employee by the supervisor is being studied 

 with a view to method improvement and the use of appraisals is being assessed* 



Group Summary Appraisal of Job Performance 



The introduction of the Group Summary Appraisal method proceeded and the 

 findings to date are that such appraisals have value as a means of pointing 

 out weaknesses in organization, supervision and understanding of job content, 

 as well as assessing job performance* 



Modifications of the method are being made so that the method may be adap- 

 ted to the district organization. The modified procedure has been applied in 

 one district with encouraging results* 



Overtime 



New government regulations on overtime were issued, effective January 1, 

 1961* Considerable difficulty was encountered in preparing a workable pro- 

 cedxire respecting the administration of the new overtime regulations* This 

 involved interpretation of administrative and non-administrative staff and a 

 definition of the regular working period for both groups* Problems arose be- 

 cause of the nature of the Department organizational set-up and its decentral- 

 ization structure* It was further complicated by different working conditions 

 for different jobs in the various districts throughout the province* 



Job Advertising 



In-service advertising of vacancies in positions in nine classifications 

 was operated satisfactorily with many employees applying for a total of 10 

 advertised positions* 



An interesting characteristic of the method is the notification to all 

 employees in the same classification or the next lower classification with the 

 request that applications be made* 



